Italy and Switzerland agree to end bank secrecy
(AGI) Milan, Feb 23 - Italy and Switzerland signed an agreementon Monday that puts an end to the latter's banking secrecy.Economy Minister Pier Carlo Padoan and his Swiss counterpart,Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf, signed the historic agreement in Milanafter three years of negotiations. The protocol provides forthe exchange of information between the two countries, whichwill be automatic from 2017, while Switzerland can come off theblacklist of countries considered tax havens. A road map on thetaxation of cross-border workers and the issue of theMunicipality of Campione was also signed. The Protocol amendsthe Convention of